Sky Shark

Discuss Review + Want + Have Contribute

Description

Sky Shark is a top-down shooter similar to Raiden. You start off with four lives and three bombs. With that (you can get more lives at certain point intervals, and more bombs can be found), you, the "Sky Shark" of your squadron, blast through five levels of enemy-infested battlefields with as many as six gun upgrades (Aside from the bombs and the gun upgrade, there are no other weapons to be found at all). Includes three difficulty levels and two-player support.

Screenshots

Promo Images

Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "Hishou Zame" -- Japanese title
• "Flying Shark" -- European title
• "Flyingshark" -- Alternate European title spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Flying Shark (Sky Shark) series
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

User Reviews

There are no reviews for this game.

Critic Reviews

The Video Game Critic	NES	Jun 30, 2001	A-	91
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amiga	Apr, 1989	895 out of 1000	90
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1988	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1988	8 out of 10	80
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amstrad CPC	Apr, 1988	784 out of 1000	78
Happy Computer	Commodore 64	Jan, 1988	72 out of 100	72
Nintendo Power Magazine	NES	Sep, 1989	3.5 out of 5	70
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Jan, 1988	7 out of 10	70
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Feb, 1988	6 out of 10	60
Retrogaming History	Atari ST	Dec 01, 2010	5 out of 10	50

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.

Trivia

Commodore 64 versions

The Commodore 64 received two different ports of this game.
In Europe, Firebird in the UK released a version of the game titled "Flying Shark", converted by Catalyst Coders. This was coded by Andrew Parton although he was not credited on the cassette box, which instead listed the programmers of the Spectrum version.
Taito themselves released a version in the United States, titled "Sky Shark", converted by Software Creations.

DOS graphic modes

Surprisingly enough, this game supports VGA mode, although the EGA/VGA screenshot bears a far greater resemblance to EGA graphics than VGA.

Aircraft

Although the cover art shows a P-40 Warhawk and the description even says you are supposed to be flying a P-40, the aircraft you fly in-game is a biplane.

Awards

• ACE
  • October 1988 (issue #13) - Included in the Top-100 list of 1987/1988 (editorial staff selection)

Related Web Sites

• AtariMania (Firebird, UK, Atari ST) (For Atari ST: game entry database; downloadable release; game packaging; advertisement; manuals; magazine reviews; additional material.)
• CPC-Power (in French) (For Amstrad CPC: game database entry; game packaging; manual digitalizations; goodies; advertisement; magazine reviews; downloadable releases; additional material.)
• CPCRrulez (in French) (For Amstrad CPC: game database entry; advertisement; game packaging; downloadable releases; additional material.)
• DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS (Compatibility information page about the original game and its DOSBox versions. )
• Hall of Light (For Amiga: game database entry; digitalised manuals; game packaging; screenshots; additional material.)
• Lemon 64 (For Commodore 64: game entry database; advertisement; magazine reviews; music; documentation; cover art; additional material.)
• The Arcade Flyer Archive (Flying Shark, Electrocoin) (for Arcade: digital repository for advertisement flyers)
• The Arcade Flyer Archive (Hi Sho Zame, Taito) (for Arcade: digital repository for advertisement flyers)
• The Arcade Flyer Archive (Sky Shark, Romstar) (for Arcade: digital repository for advertisement flyers)
• The International Arcade Museum (Flying Shark, Taito) (for Arcade: extensive information about the arcade game machine.)
• The International Arcade Museum (Sky Shark, Romstar) (for Arcade: extensive information about the arcade game machine.)
• The Tipshop (For ZX Spectrum: a central archive for all Spectrum and SAM games hints, tips, cheats, maps, hacks and pokes.)
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Encyclopaedic entry for the combined platforms of the game.)
• World of Spectrum (For ZX Spectrum: downloadable releases; additional material including – cassette inlay, advertisement, instructions; remakes links; player reviews; magazine references; magazine adverts.)
• ZX-Art - online archive of pixel art and 8-bit music (For ZX Spectrum: music, credits, pixel art. artist's graphics artwork.)